Identification of a human immunodominant B-cell epitope within the immunoglobulin A1 protease of Streptococcus pneumoniae

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  De Paolis, Francesca ^a   Beghetto, Elisa ^a   Spadoni, Andrea ^a   Montagnani, Francesca ^b   Felici, Franco ^c   Oggioni, Marco R ^b   Gargano, Nicola ^a  

^a Kenton Laboratories   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIBODY; EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A1; PROTEINASE; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IGA SPECIFIC SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASE; IGA-SPECIFIC SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; PEPTIDE LIBRARY; SERINE PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; GENE LIBRARY; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHAGE DISPLAY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SERUM; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; EPITOPES, B-LYMPHOCYTE; HUMANS; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; PEPTIDE LIBRARY; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 38849181690     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-7-113     Document Type: Article

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